Scouts at Camp Glover to Receive Letters by Air
Camp Glover will receive letters for its Scouts via aerial delivery this week. John F Can trell and H R Van Zandt of Cantrell Motor Co will fly to the camp Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning to drop letters and notes in a large sack over the center of the camp. Parents are asked to leave letters at Cantrell Motor Co by noon Wednesday.
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Camp Glover
John F
Ford Motor Co
Cantrell
H. R. van Zandt
Cantrell Motor Co
van Zandt
John
Van
July 4 Traffic Toll Forecast by Texas DPS
The Texas Department of Public Safety warns that about 26 Texans may die on highways this July 4 weekend with hundreds more injured nationwide. Speed, carelessness and drunken driving will drive most crashes as patrols work to reduce the toll.
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England
Texas Department of Public Safety
United States
Texas
Dean Shipley Dies At Home In Denton
Dr Max L Shipley 58 dean of the college of arts and sciences at Texas Woman's University was found dead at his Denton home Monday, apparently from a heart attack. He had been associated with the university since 1929 and led the history department before becoming dean.
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Denton
Tex
UPI
Max L Shipley
College of Arts and Sciences
Texas Women's University
Shipley
Ihton
Tragedy at Meldrim as 19 Die in Train Derailment Blast
Federal and state investigators probe a freight train derailment and gas explosion at Meldrim Georgia that killed 19 people including nine children. About 12 injured, river searchers found no more bodies. ICC and Georgia PSC sent agents to the scene.
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Seaboard Air Lines
Ogeechee River
Meldrim
Meldrim, Ga
UPI
Georgia Public Service Commission
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Ogeechee
Savannah
Prince” Preston
D-Ga
ICC
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers.
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Texas
Range residents rename town to Egnar in playful reversal
In southwestern Colorado the town of Range has officially adopted the name Egnar, a playful reversal of Range spelled backward. Local officials say the change is for fun and to attract attention, with residents embracing the quirky moniker for branding and tourism.
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Range
Colorado
Egnar
Thor missile completes 350 mile test flight at Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral Florida a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile conducted a 350 mile flight. The test demonstrated range flexibility and produced preliminary data indicating the missile achieved most objectives though some aspects did not meet photographers' hopes.
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Cape Canaveral
Afla
UPD
Medi Force
Thor
Florida
Special Committee Fails to Agree on Tax Bill
AUSTIN UPI The Special Committee failed to reach a compromise on a workable tax program. Lawmakers inch toward a last chance House debate as Liberal and conservative members remain divided on corporate and natural gas taxation. Carr pledged a final House push by Monday night to draft a tax bill before a third special session, with Rep Frates Seeligson’s proposal to be amended in the chamber. The measure centers on a two percent luxury tax on items $50 and over. In a Saturday session, the luxury tax was removed from a substitute and Gov Price Daniel’s plan was briefly advanced before stalling again.
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Austin
UPI
Carr
Agin
Nigt
Frates Seeligson
San Antono
Seeligson
House
Revenue and Taxation Committee
George Hinson
Mineola
Price Daniel
Drive In Theater Burglarized by Six Local Teens
Six Bonham area teenagers—three boys and three girls—were questioned after the Bonham Drive-In concession stand was burglarized Monday night. Items taken included cigarettes candy peanuts and ice cream. Police stopped their car in Sherman at 4 am when it ran out of gas and the youths admitted taking items to raise cash for gas. They were held in Sherman then returned to Bonham for further questioning by the county attorney with no charges filed at noon.
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Bonham Area
Bonham Drive-In
Jimmy Leatherman
Bonham Theatres
Sherman
Leon Shastid
Bonham
Tibby Wright
She's Back Home Mrs Long files split from Governor Long
Mrs Earl K Long returned to Louisiana and answered a separation suit filed by Governor Long who is said to suffer a nervous breakdown and heart trouble. She accuses him of threats against her life and seeks alimony of 2500 dollars monthly as temporary support, while stating she needs psychiatric treatment and cannot be left alone.
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United Press International
Covington
UPI
Earl K Long
Lousana
Long
Errer Pierson
Paul Pratt
Pratt
Jet Crash on Okinawa Kills and Wounds Dozens
A U.S. Air Force F100 crashed on Okinawa after engine trouble, exploding near a school and housing area. Ten Okinawans were killed and 76 injured, with six children among the dead raising the toll to 16 and about 100 hurt. Captain John G. Schmitt ejected. Major political fallout followed, with calls for compensation to victims.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPI
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Ichikawa
John G. Schmitt
Almers
Ind
Afrainee
Schmitt
Kadena Air Field
Ishikawa
Robert W. Burns
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Tokyo
U.S
Socialist Party
United States
White House Accepts Resignation of Secretary Strauss
The White House announced the formal resignation of Secretary of Commerce Lewis L. Strauss effective at end of business today. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation with personal sadness and said charges during his confirmation Senate battle were totally unjustified.
Long wife accuses governor of attempted killing
Mrs. Earl K. Long charges Governor Earl K. Long with attempting to kill her in a rage during a nervous breakdown. The claim was reported from Covington, Louisiana, by United Press International.
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United Press International
Covington, la
UPI
Earl K. Long
Eisenhower OKs higher GI housing loan rate to 5 percent
President Eisenhower signed a bill boosting the maximum interest on Veterans Administration GI housing mortgages to a record five percent, up from four percent. The change allows lenders to charge a higher rate on home loans backed by the VA.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
Texas House Debates Tax Bill Amid Financial Crisis
Austin UPI reports the Texas House resumed debate on a major tax bill. Speaker Waggoner Carr urged members to work slow and easy to craft a measure aimed at alleviating the state’s mounting financial crisis.
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Austin
UPI
House
Waggoner Carr
House approves farm bill to cap price support aid
The House today passed a compromise farm bill setting a historic limit on price support benefits to large farmers. The measure aims to curb subsidies and redefine who receives farm program payments under the new funding package totaling 3.971 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPI
House
Soviet Exhibit Opens to Public in New York
President Eisenhower previewed the Soviet Union exhibit at the New York Coliseum and called the show remarkable. Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov helped open the 40 day display while stressing peace through negotiation.
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United Press International New York
UPI
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Frol R. Kozlov
Kozlov
First white Marine faces electric chair for rape in Beaufort
Fred J. Davis 22 of Atlanta was convicted by an all white jury in Beaufort South Carolina of raping a 47 year old Black woman. The jury recommended no mercy and the judge planned to sentence him to the electric chair the next day. Davis plans an appeal. The trial lasted one day and the victim's name remains sealed.
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Beaufort
S.C
UPI
Fred J. Davis
Atlanta
South Carolina
J. Henry Johnson
Davis
Ben Carter
Tallahassee
Fla
Parris Island
Clear Skies and Warm Weather Forecast Across Texas
Weather outlook shows clear skies and continued warm conditions for most of Texas. Gulf Coast and South Central regions may see early cloud formation. Light rain reported at Galveston around 7 am. measurable totals limited to minor amounts in Presidio Alpine El Paso and Amarillo.
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United Press International
Texas
Gulf Coast
West
Galveston
Soviet Deputy Kozlov Arrives for Berlin Talks
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frat R Kozlov arrives in Washington for talks with President Eisenhower and U S officials amid hopes of progress on Berlin. He is expected to sell Soviet peace aims and push for a Geneva summit as foreign ministers resume talks after a recess. Kozlov will inspect New York Shipbuilding, meet Herter and Nixon, and dine with Senate aides.
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Berlin
White House
New York Coliseum
Kozlov
Ideal Toy Corp
Camden
N.J
Washington
UPI
Frat R. Kozlov
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
Geneva
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
Military
Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Christian A. Herter Kozlov
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Qucen House
Former Bonhamites Hurt in Collision
Four members of a Dallas surgeon family, former Bonham residents, were hospitalized in Farmington Missouri after a Sunday night crash near St. Genevieve. Mrs John William Lannius and their children John 17 Peggy 12 and Bobby 7 escaped serious injury while Betty Pinkey of Boondale Missouri died in the other car.
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Dallas
Bonham
Farmington
St. Genevieve
John William Lannius
John
Peggy
Bobby
Betty Pinkey
Boondale
NLRB Orders Paris Baker to Cease and Desist
The National Labor Relations Board orders Ideal Baking Co. of Paris Texas to stop discouraging employees from union activity. It found William C Day was fired on September 10 1968 for union involvement and reinstated him to his former position.
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Richmond
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Mrs. Long
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Frol Kozlov
New York City
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Jeff
Beai Baldwin
Manhattan Island
Moscow
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New York
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Senhower
Ike
Koxiov
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Bonhamites
NLRB
Paris
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